Charles Finch-Knightley, 11th Earl of Aylesford

Charles Ian Finch-Knightley, 11th Earl of Aylesford DL, JP (2 November 1918 – 19 February 2008), styled Lord Guernsey between 1940 and 1958, was a British peer.

Finch-Knightley was the elder son of Charles Finch-Knightley, 10th Earl of Aylesford, by Aileen Jane, daughter of William McCormac Boyle. He was educated at Oundle School. He served in the Second World War where he was wounded. After the war he was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Warwickshire in 1948^[1] and a Deputy Lieutenant of the county in 1954.^[2] He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1958. In 1974 he was appointed to the new post of Lord-Lieutenant of the West Midlands,^[3] a position he held until 1993.^[1]

Lord Aylesford married Margaret Rosemary Tyer (d. 1989), daughter of Major Austin Arnold Tyer, in 1946. They had one son and two daughters. He died in February 2008, aged 89, and was succeeded by his only son, Heneage.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} thepeerage.com Charles Ian Finch-Knightley, 11th Earl of Aylesford
2. ^ London Gazette: no. 40086. p. 20244. 22 December 1993.
3. ^ London Gazette: no. 46255. p. 4400. 4 April 1974.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mr Charles Finch-Knightley

Honorary titles
New office	Lord-Lieutenant of the West Midlands 1974–1993	Succeeded by Sir Robert Richard Taylor
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Charles Daniel Finch-Knightley	Earl of Aylesford 1958–2008	Succeeded by Heneage Charles Finch-Knightley

Persondata
Name	Aylesford, Charles Finch-Knightley, 11th Earl Of
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Date of birth	2 November 1918
Place of birth
Date of death	19 February 2008
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